Nova creates a volatile orb of antimatter which is steered with the aiming reticle. This particle absorbs all damage (friendly and hostile) when shot at, and once the particle makes contact with a solid object it will detonate and inflict 100 / 125 / 150 / 200 base damage + 100% / 200% / 300% / 400% of all absorbed damage as Radiation damage with an explosion radius of 5 / 8 / 10 / 15 meters. When the particle comes into contact with an enemy, 10Radiation damage is inflicted prior to detonation.

The particle is guided via the HUD's targeting reticle, steering itself towards any object the reticle is placed on including environmental obstacles and enemies.

Looking directly at the particle will slow it down significantly.

Multiple particles can be active simultaneously.

The particle seems to have unlimited duration until it comes into contact with a solid object. However, multiple instances of particles at the same time will cause randomly timed explosions until there is only one left.

One particle can store up to 50,000 absorbed damage

After absorbing the maximum amount of damage the particle will speed up rather significantly.

The coloring of the particle changes towards the caster's energy color as it absorbs damage.

Gota de Antimateria's visuals will appear gold when cast by Nova Prime.

Undoubtedly if done correctly, this is the most effective ability that can be used against powerful bosses that retain a single stage of health, as a well-charged drop can deal damages up to more than 100,000 Radiation damage on a single explosion.

Using accurate weapons such as the Flux Rifle is recommended to provide continuous flow of damage to the drop.

The Opticor is one of such weapons, and would result in 4400 damage dealt by Antimatter Drop from a single shot, unmodified, and with a max charge shot.

Use weapons that have zero or little recoil. Recoil moves the weapon upward and this will move the reticle as well, which in turn will steer the orb away from the centerline (when it flies away from you) and will be very hard to hit.

Critical damage does not amplify the Drop further, as Critical hits does not compute on inanimate objects such as the Explosive Barrel.

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